血清消极的类风湿性关节炎患者和临床怀疑的关节痛是否在随机临床试验中得到适当的代表?
Bernardo D'Onofrio1, Carlo Selmi2,3, Elisa Gremese2,3
1Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. donofriobernardo@gmail.com.
Clinical rheumatology
|October 25, 2024
概括
患有自身抗体的类风湿性关节炎 (RA) 患者面临更糟糕的结果. 目前的标准可能会推迟血清阴性RA的诊断,影响治疗和研究入学.
科学领域:
- 免疫学和风湿病学
- 慢性免疫炎症性疾病 慢性免疫炎症性疾病
背景情况:
- 类风湿性关节炎 (RA) 呈现出不同的患者结果,受类风湿因子 (RF) 和抗素化抗体 (ACPA) 等血清自身抗体的影响.
- 血清阳性RA患者具有更高的放射性进展,残疾和死亡风险.
- 2010年ACR/EULAR标准有助于早期诊断,但可能无法识别血清阴性RA,导致治疗延迟.
研究的目的:
- 要突出血清阳性和血清阴性类型的类型之间的显著差异 类型:类型:类型:类型:类型:类型:类型:类型:类型
- 强调需要将血清阴性个体纳入临床试验和预防策略.
- 探索通过在关节炎前阶段进行干预来预防RA的潜力,特别是在风险人群中.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的文献和临床试验数据关于类风性关节炎 (RA) 的分类和患者分层.
- 对预后因素的分析,包括血清自身抗体 (RF,ACPA),在早期和已确定的RA.
- 检查诊断标准在识别不同RA血清型时的性能.
主要成果:
- 通过RF和ACPA识别的血清阳性RA患者,与血清阴性患者相比,具有不同的临床轨迹和更高的风险.
- 目前的诊断标准和主要的临床试验主要集中在自身抗体阳性RA上,可能排除了血清阴性个体.
- 关于关节炎前期预防策略的新兴研究也倾向于招募自身抗体阳性受试者.
结论:
- 血清阳性和血清阴性类风湿性关节炎 (RA) 之间存在明显的临床和病原性差异.
- 极其需要改善在研究和治疗方案中对血清阴性RA患者的鉴定和纳入.
- 未来的RA预防和治疗策略必须考虑疾病的异质性,包括血清阳性和血清阴性表型.
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